☆ Morocco in Walt Disney World ☆

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The Morocco Pavilion is part of the World Showcase within Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. It was the first expansion pavilion to be added to World Showcase, opening on September 7, 1984.

The Moroccan Pavilion, designed to look like a Moroccan city with a realistic Minaret, features the only pavilion in which the country's government aided in the design. Guests to the pavilion gain insight on the lifestyle and culture of the Moroccan people through the Gallery of Arts and History. The Fes House shows guests the typical Moroccan house. Inside the pavilion, North African plants including citrus trees, date palms, and olive trees, and fountains. The courtyard plays hosts to entertainment, including a belly dancing show in the evening. Restaurant Marrakesh, along with the Moorish Cafe, serve Moroccan fare, including roast lamb in Tajine, Couscous, and Harira soup. Six shops adorn the pavilion, selling patrons everything from rugs to leather goods, and traditional Moroccan clothing.

Some of the major defining structures of the pavilion include Chellah, a replication of the necropolis in Rabat, and the Koutoubia, a replica of the minaret of the same name in Marrakesh. A replica of Bab Boujeloud, the gateway to the Fez medina leads you to a Bazaar area.

King Hassan II actually sent Moroccan artisans to design and create the many mosaics. Due to Islamic religious beliefs on the content of art, the mosaics contain no representations of people. The government also sponsors the pavilion, while a corporation holds sponsoring rights on every other pavilion.

Source : Wikipedia

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and here are pictures i took myself of the Moroccan Pavilion, that will be it for now but later i will post more and more pictures of every corner at the pavilion

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[Berkani]

Are those people who are working there moroccans?

[Gadiri]

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[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by teystoon

Quel mix, minaret Koutoubia avec arcade en tuiles vertes de Fes !

Heuresement que Hassan 2 a envoyé des artisans. Sinon, on aurait pas eu le droit à un Kingdom of Morocco mais un kitchland of Morocco !

[Tomb Raider]

This is wonderful, never knew there was a "Morocco" in Walt disney, thank you for both the info and the pics It looks like another "Americanish" version of Marrakech

[teystoon]

Originally Posted by Berkani

Are those people who are working there moroccans?

Yup Moroccans all of them.. the owners, the managers and the cast members except one manager who is American, i was working there too for 15 months

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Quel mix, minaret Koutoubia avec arcade en tuiles vertes de Fes !

Heuresement que Hassan 2 a envoyé des artisans. Sinon, on aurait pas eu le droit à un Kingdom of Morocco mais un kitchland of Morocco !

Au contraire, le pavillon est tres tres beau, tu devrais le visiter en personne pour mieux l'admirer et en faite les artisans marocains ont fait un tres bo travail un tres beau mix ils ont pris un peu de tout du Maroc tu verras dans les photos a venir inshalah.. et ce pavillon est le seul a etre construit non par des americains, car les autres pavillons (Canada, UK, France, Japan, USA, Italy, Germany, China, Norway et Mexico) ont ete construits par Disney..

Originally Posted by Tomb Raider

This is wonderful, never knew there was a "Morocco" in Walt disney, thank you for both the info and the pics It looks like another "Americanish" version of Marrakech

it's not just Marrakesh : it's Marrakesh, Fez, Warzazate and Rabat.. you will see

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and me of course

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[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by teystoon

Au contraire, le pavillon est tres tres beau, tu devrais le visiter en personne pour mieux l'admirer et en faite les artisans marocains ont fait un tres bo travail un tres beau mix ils ont pris un peu de tout du Maroc tu verras dans les photos a venir inshalah.. et ce pavillon est le seul a etre construit non par des americains, car les autres pavillons (Canada, UK, France, Japan, USA, Italy, Germany, China, Norway et Mexico) ont ete construits par Disney..

Oui, cela est très beau, c'est le mix Koutoubia-tuile verte de Fes qui est surprenant à voir, en même temps l'idée est de montrer le plus de choses sur un petit espace.

Ce que j'ai dis c'est que grâce à Hassan 2, le pavillon du Maroc présente de belles choses telles que les zelliges ou les boisseries, si disney l'aurait fait lui même il aurait mis du carrelage bon marché.

Le fait que l'on représente le monde arabe, n'est pas une surprise. L'artisanat (cuir, bois, revêtement, dinanderie, orfevrerie, marquetterie, ebenisterie ...) et le raffinement marocain n'a pas d'égal (cuisine, habillement... ).

[blacko]

tres joli le thread teystoon ...c koi les autre pays arab representé a disney ?

[Muttie]

They have done a great job, im surprised about the amount of details.

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Originally Posted by blacko

tres joli le thread teystoon ...c koi les autre pays arab representé a disney ?

il n y'a aucun pays arabe reprensté a walt disney world

voila les 11 nations qui sont representés :
Mexico - Norway - China - Germany - Italy - The American Adventure - Japan -Morocco -France - United Kingdom - Canada